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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1966, chapter 169; in 1968, chapter 578; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1463623,"object_type":"law","relational_id":367218,"identifier":"51.5-102","token":"51.5\/12\/5\/51.5-102","url":"\/51.5-102\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.5-102\/","token":"51.5\/12\/5\/51.5-102","dublin_core":{"Title":"Goods not to be represented as made by blind persons unless identified as such by label, stamp, etc.; what goods may be so identified","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.5-102","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No goods or articles made in this or any other state may be displayed, advertised, offered for sale or sold in this Commonwealth upon a representation that the same are made by blind persons<\/span> unless the same are identified as such by label, imprint, stamp or symbol, and no such goods or articles may be so identified unless at least seventy-five per centum of the total hours of direct labor<\/span> of producing such goods or articles shall have been performed by a blind person<\/span> or persons.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGOODS NOT TO BE REPRESENTED AS MADE BY BLIND PERSONS UNLESS IDENTIFIED AS SUCH\nBY LABEL, STAMP, ETC.; WHAT GOODS MAY BE SO IDENTIFIED (\u00a7 51.5-102)\n\nNo goods or articles made in this or any other state may be displayed,\nadvertised, offered for sale or sold in this Commonwealth upon a representation\nthat the same are made by blind persons unless the same are identified as such\nby label, imprint, stamp or symbol, and no such goods or articles may be so\nidentified unless at least seventy-five per centum of the total hours of direct\nlabor of producing such goods or articles shall have been performed by a blind\nperson or persons.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 63-204.27; 1966, c. 169; 1968, c. 578, \u00a7 63.1-168; 2002,\nc. 747.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}